Publications

Tribal leaders, scholars and others working with tribes on climate change issues are increasingly engaged in bringing tribal voices to academic literature, agency climate reports, and other publications to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities in the United States, and the measures tribes across the country are taking to address climate change. Abstracts and materials provided by the publications are included in the descriptions.

Publication	Year Sort descending	Geography	Website
Danielsen, F., Topp-Jørgensen, E., Levermann, N., Løvstrøm, P., Schiøtz, M., Enghoff, M., and Jakobsen, P. 2014. Counting what counts: Using local knowledge to improve Arctic resource management. Polar Geography 37(1):69 – 91. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, local knowledge, Arctic, resource management, tribe, indigenous	2014	Arctic	Link
ITEP. 2014. Climate Change and Water Resources: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. Categories: climate adaptation. climate mitigation, water health, infrastructure, sea level, acidification, drought, flood, water access, fact sheet	2014	United States	Link
Whitehouse.gov. 2014. , “President’s State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience” Available at: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/task_force_report_0.pdf Categories: tribe, Climate change, Adaptation, Mitigation, resilience, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Rising Voices. 2014a Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, traditional knowledges, declining sea ice, Health, hazards, Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Donatuto, J., E.E. Grossman, J. Konovsky, S. Grossman and L.W. Campbell. 2014. Indigenous community health and climate change: Integrating biophysical and social science indicators. Coastal Management Journal, 42(4): 355-373. Categories: Climate change, community health, Impact Assessment, indigenous, sea-level rise, shellfish, shoreline armoring, tribe	2014	Northwest, Canada	Link
Rising Voices. 2014b Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions – Water Quality and Quantity Group Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, variability, water rights, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 2014.Yakutat Comprehensive Salmon Plan: Phase II. Developed by Yakutat Regional Planning Team. Categories: Southeast Alaska, Yakutat, NCSA, Native Allotment Act, Native Townsite Act, "local utilization” (79), subsistence, customary, traditional, fisheries, salmon, adaptation plans, vulnerability assessment	2014	Alaska	Link
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) 2014 EPA to Assist Seminole Tribe of Florida Bolster Climate Resilience and Readiness. November 19. http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C2F26C95B9833DE085257D950079C3A2 Categories: EPA, climate resilience, Seminole tribe, water utilities	2014	Southeast	Link
Smith, L. M., Wade, C. M., Case, J. L., Harwell, L. C., Straub, K. R., & Summers, J. K. (2014). Evaluating the Transferability of a US Human Well-Being Index (HWBI) Framework to Native American Populations. Social Indicators Research, 1-26. Categories: wellbeing, index, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States
Fisher M. 2014. Native American Tribe Prepares for Climate Change with the Help of a Soil Scientist. Soil Horizons. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, resource management, tribe, indigenous	2014	Southwest	Link
Bronen, R. Huffington. 2015. The Arctic Is Speaking Truths About Climate Change. Is Anyone Listening? Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Arctic, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Gruenig B, Lynn K, Voggesser G, Whyte P. 2015. Tribal climate change principles: responding to federal policies and actions to address climate change. Categories: Climate change, indigenous, policy, tribe	2015	United States	Link
A. Bakun, B.A. Black, S.J. Bograd, M. García-Reyes, A.J. Miller, R.R. Rykaczewski, W.J. Sydeman. 2015. Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems. Current Climate Change Reports. 1: 85-93. Categories: Upwelling, Climate Impacts, Coastal Upwelling	2015	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Link
Northwest Climate Science Center. 2015. Annual Report. Categories: Annual Report, Conservation, Science	2015	Northwest	Link
Himes-Cornell, A., & Kasperski, S. (2015). Assessing climate change vulnerability in Alaska's fishing communities. Fisheries Research, 162, 1-11. Categories: Traditional foods, Climate change, Fishing, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
W. Matt Jolly, Mark A. Cochrane, Patrick H. Freeborn, Zachary A. Holden, Timothy J. Brown, Grant J. Williamson & David M. J. S. Bowman. 2015. Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013. Nature Communications (6). Categories: Wildfire, Climate Impacts, Wildfire Variability	2015	National, International	Link
Government Accountability Office. 2015. A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information. Categories: Climate Data, Review	2015	National	Link
Houck, Oliver A. 2015 The Reckoning: Oil and Gas Development in the Louisiana Coastal Zone. Tulane Environmental Law Journal 28(2):185-296. Categories: Old and Gas Industry, Development, Coastal Louisiana	2015	Southeast	Link
Vinyeta K, Whyte KP, Lynn K. 2015. Climate change through an intersectional lens: gendered vulnerability and resilience in indigenous communities in the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-923. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Categories: Indigenous peoples, climate change vulnerability, resilience, gender, identity	2015	National	Link
Hummel S. Lake FK. (2015) "Forest Site Classification for Cultural Plant Harvest by Tribal Weavers can Inform Management" Forest Ecology. Categories: blended scientific method, forest structure, cultural plants, silviculture, basketry, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), tribe, indigenous	2015	Northwest	Link
Rebecca A. Mabardy, George G. Waldbusser, Flaxen Conway and Christine S. Olsen. 2015. Perception and Response of the U.S. West Coast Shellfish Industry to Ocean Acidification: The Voice of the Canaries in the Coal Mine. Journal of Shellfish Research 34(2):565-572. Categories: Ocean Acidification, Shellfish, Commercial Fishing	2015	Pacific Ocean, Pacific Northwest	Link
ICTMN Staff. 2015. Bakken-Crude-Hauling Oil Train Explodes in North Dakota, Town Evacuated. Indian Country Today Media Network: Categories: oil industry, tribe, indigenous	2015	Midwest	Link
Fisichelli, N., Schuurman, G., Hoffman, C. 2015. Is ‘Resilience’ Maladaptive? Towards an Accurate Lexicon for Climate Change Adaptation. Environmental Management:1-6. Categories: Adaptation, Madaptation, Resilience	2015	National, International	Link
Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Portal Categories: indigenous, Climate change	2015	International	Link
Vinyeta, Kirsten and Kathy Lynn. 2015. Strengthening the Federal-Tribal Relationship: A Report on Monitoring Consultation under the Northwest Forest Plan. Report Submitted as part of Northwest Forest Plan 20 Year Reports. FS/R6/PNW/2015/0005. Categories: Policy, Northwest Forest Plan, Consultation, Co-Management, Natural Resource Management, Forestry	2015	Northwest	Link
Knapp C.N., Trainor S. F. 2015. Alaskan stakeholder-defined research needs in the context of climate change. Polar Geography. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Culture, Climate change, Worldviews, Stakeholder-defined research, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Kronk Warner, E. A. (2015). Everything Old is New Again: Enforcing Tribal Treaty Provisions to Protect Climate Change Threatened Resources. Available at SSRN 2652954. Categories: Climate change, tribe, indigenous, treaty, trust resources	2015	United States	Link
Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska (ICC-AK). 2015. Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework: How to Assess the Arctic from an Inuit Perspective -- Summary and Recommendations Report. Report created as part of 2015 Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework Technical Report. Categories: Food Security, Climate Impacts, Planning, Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Knowledges	2015	International, Alaska, Polar	Link
Sampson, Donald. Columbia River Basin Tribes Climate Change Capacity Assessment. Portland State University. 2015. Categories: climate change, climate science, adaptation, vulnerability assessment, planning, mitigation, development, policy	2015	Oregon, Washington state	Link
Laska, S., Peterson, K., Rodrigue, CL., Cosse, T., Philippe, R., Burchett, O., Krajeski RL. 2015. Layering of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters in the Context of Sea Level Rise Coastal Louisiana Communities at the Edge. In Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival. 225 -238 Categories: Disasters, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Louisiana, Indusry, Resiliency, tribe, indigenous	2015	Southeast

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.